Majid Esma'ilzadehunder 18*

مجید اسماعیل‌زاده

21 years old · Ardabil

18 April 2020 Executed

Life

• His father was a labourer with limited financial means.
  Persian original

  پدرش کارگری با منابع مالی محدود بود.

• At the time of the alleged crime (16 years old), Mr. Esma'ilzadeh was under the legal age and therefore a child.
  Persian original

  آقای اسماعیل‌زاده در زمان ارتکاب جرم ادعایی (۱۶ ساله) زیر سن قانونی و نتیجتاً کودک بوده است.

In the words of those close to them

“Just like that, they gave me a call and said come and see your son!”— His father

Persian original

«همین جوری، یک زنگ به من زدند و گفتند بیا پسرت را ببین!»

Mr. Esma'ilzadeh's father said: “Five years have passed and they still have not given us the [forensic medicine] report.”— Mr. Esma'ilzadeh's father

Persian original

پدر آقای اسماعیل‌زاده گفت «پنج سال گذشته و هنوز گزارش [پزشکی قانونی] را به ما نداده‌اند.»

The case

• Majid Esma'ilzadeh was hanged on 30 Farvardin 1399 in Ardabil Central Prison.
  Persian original

  مجید اسماعیل‌زاده در روز ۳۰ فروردین ۱۳۹۹ در زندان مرکزی اردبیل حلق‌آویز شد.

• In detention they had beaten him with batons so badly that his whole body was “bruised”
  Persian original

  چنان او را در بازداشت با باطوم کتک زده بودند که تمام بدنش «کبود» شده بود

• Execution » hanging
  Persian original

  اعدام » حلق آویز

Sources

1. Abdorrahman Boroumand Center — Omid memorial

The name is recorded in at least two independent sources or in a human-rights organisation’s report.

Listed in

• Executed
• Executed for murder (qisas)
• Executed for an alleged offence committed under 18
• The year 1399 (2020–2021)
• Ardabil Province
• Ardabil

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